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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815569003321

Autore

Danahay Martin A.

Titolo

Gender at work in Victorian culture : literature, art and masculinity / / Martin A. Danahay

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-25465-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 pages) : illustrations

Collana

The nineteenth century series

Disciplina

820.935309034

Soggetti

English literature - 19th century - History and criticism

Working class in literature

Literature and society - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Men - Employment - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Division of labor - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Working class - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Masculinity in literature

Sex role in literature

Working class in art

Work in literature

Men in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2005 by Ashgate.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Victorian work and industry -- 2. Gendering work in the 1840s -- 3. Dickens, work and sexuality -- 4. Ford Madox Brown and the division of labor -- 5. Perversity at work : Munby and Cullwick -- 6. John Ruskin, digging -- 7. Gissing and the demise of the man at work.